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A review by butterflybrianna
The House of Drought by Dennis Mombauer
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!
House of Drought was a short horror novella that covered climate change, but more than that it talked about colonialism—which I found to be a larger theme than climate change.
I think the story was well written. It was a great novella. However, I feel the themes of the book were inadequately addressed due to the length of the book. I believe that it would have been more impactful had it been a full novel, where we would have been able to get fully engrossed into the world and see how it was changing and be moved by the change.
House of Drought was a short horror novella that covered climate change, but more than that it talked about colonialism—which I found to be a larger theme than climate change.
I think the story was well written. It was a great novella. However, I feel the themes of the book were inadequately addressed due to the length of the book. I believe that it would have been more impactful had it been a full novel, where we would have been able to get fully engrossed into the world and see how it was changing and be moved by the change.